Segment Business Counsel

Overview

Senior Commercial Transactions Counsel providing legal support for Applied Materials' global procurement, engineering, facilities, technology, and business operations functions, acting as a trusted legal advisor to business stakeholders.

What you'll do

• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements, including supply and procurement, technology and software, professional services and consulting, facilities and workplace services, equipment acquisition and maintenance, evaluation, pilot and proof-of-concept, non-disclosure, strategic sourcing and indirect procurement, and SaaS, cloud, AI and digital transformation agreements.
• Partner with Procurement & Sourcing, Engineering, Operations, Facilities, EHS, HR, Finance, IT, and other Applied business groups to structure and negotiate commercial transactions aligned with business objectives.
• Provide practical legal guidance on risk allocation, liability management, data protection, compliance, insurance, warranty, indemnity, service levels, intellectual property and dispute resolution provisions.
• Work with internal stakeholders to support supplier relationship management and strategic supplier initiatives.
• Support implementation, enhancement and optimization of enterprise contracting tools, workflows, clause libraries, playbooks and legal technology solutions.
• Contribute to contracting process improvements that increase efficiency, consistency and self-service capabilities while maintaining appropriate legal controls.
• Support development and maintenance of standard contract templates, negotiation guidance and training materials.
• Provide legal oversight and support for NDA review and negotiations, including complex or escalated matters, and act as a senior escalation point for NDA-related issues and process questions.
• Advise on specialized confidentiality arrangements.
• Develop strong working relationships with internal clients and become a trusted legal advisor.
• Deliver contract and compliance training programs to business stakeholders and promote adoption of contracting best practices across the organization.

What you'll need

• LL.B. / LL.M. degree from a premier university.
• Significant post-qualification relevant legal experience (8+ years).
• Significant experience as an in-house commercial transactions attorney supporting multinational businesses or similar role at a leading law firm.
• Extensive experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
• Strong understanding of contract law, procurement transactions, technology agreements and commercial risk assessment and mitigation.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead negotiations with suppliers, consultants, service providers and strategic business partners.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Great attention to detail.
• Strong sense of responsibility and service.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed and global organization.
• Strong commercial acumen and pragmatic problem-solving capabilities.
• Contract negotiation excellence.
• Business partnership.
• Experience supporting global organizations with cross-border transactions.
• Cross-functional collaboration.
• Strategic thinking.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously.

Nice to have

• Prior experience with a leading law firm.
• Experience supporting procurement, manufacturing, engineering or technology organizations.
• Experience with enterprise contracting and CLM platforms.
• Familiarity with AI, SaaS, software licensing, cloud, and digital transformation transactions.
• Process improvement mindset.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Full time; Assignee / Regular employee type.
• Relocation eligible.